Christie-Lambert Van & Storage Co. v. McLeod

— Christie-Lambert Van and Storage Company, Inc. (Christie-Lambert), appeals a superior court judgment denying an attorney fee award pursuant to MAR 7.3 and RCW 7.06.060 in a trial de novo on appeal from a mandatory arbitration award under RCW 7.06. We reverse and remand for entry of a judgment awarding Christie-Lambert attorney fees of $3,000 plus costs.

Christie-Lambert furnished packing, moving, and storage services for the defendant, Harriette McLean Nolan, upon the unauthorized, though good faith, assurances of her attorney, defendant Malcolm S. McLeod, that these services were to be…